I'm in almost the exact same boat as the gentlemen above me. I bought a '22 1500 Laramie, V8 Hemi, no Etorque, and have the same issues described by many of you above. I bought mine represented as new with no miles by the dealership, until I traveled a few hours to test-drive it and then found it had 717 miles on it. The salesman told me they didn't realize it was there until that day when they had taken it to wash it, and that he looked into it and it was one they bought from another dealership and it was driven to them (I feel like you would usually use an auto-hauler to transport, not put a quick 700+ miles on it?).
I spent the first 5 months dealing with the issues but convincing myself that it just drove different than my last pickup and I needed to get used to it until finally in late April the salesman called me and asked how it was driving, I explained to him the lurching issues, and he said sometimes they just need to take them in and reset the transmission so it can "re-learn your driving habits." I scheduled the appt. in early June, and I've now had it in the shop 4-5 different times for transmission diagnosis and repair, with the transmission ultimately getting replaced in December of 23. After each reset, repair, transmission part replacement, the truck would drive and shift exactly like you would expect a $60,000 vehicle to: smooth, and like it's an automatic. Then like clockwork, the issues would always creep back up within a day or two, and it feels like I'm driving a stick-shift vehicle around the city.
I am not mechanically inclined at all, so it took me a bit to actually nail down what was happening and get to a point where I could replicate it. My issues have largely consisted of the following:
1.) Start the truck, then a few seconds later shift from park to drive, then start to let off the brake, the truck will lunge forward. If it doesn't lunge right away, I start to give it a little gas, then let off the pedal, and the RPM's continue to climb and it picks up speed like I'm still on the pedal (even thoguh my foot is completely removed) until you feel it shift into 2nd gear. Once it shifts, it lurches forward then slows down in rapid succession. The transmission technician told me something about the engine brake engaging in lower gear, then when it shifts, the brake lets off. The problem is, that seems backwards. If the engine brake is on, why is my truck going faster and RPMS speeding up when I'm not even on the gas? It would seem it should be doing the opposite?
2.) When decelerating towards a stop sign/stop light/slower traffic - I've had multiple issues:
A.) If I get down to almost a stop and I've been lightly applying the brakes to gradually slow, it will lunge forward quickly before stopping. I came close to rear-ending a few different people because it wouldn't always do it consistently, so it would usually catch me by surprise.
B.) For the other, let's say I'm traveling 30 mph and see traffic stopped a bit ahead. I'll let off the gas and may never have to touch the brakes, letting friction on the road naturally slow me. The engine goes to the 4cylinder "ECO" mode and the green ECO light pops on. Now, if I get down to anywhere between 11-15 mph and traffic in front of me starts to speed up because the light went green, I go to press the accelerator, I hear a clunking and feel a jerk back and forth, then it speeds up and pulls forward consistently, going back to smoother operation. The transmission technician told me this can happen with the new ECO mode in some trucks, and said I must not have had one before. My previous truck was a 2018 Silverado that had the same function, and I never once had the issue.
I've also had a couple instances where I put I shift from driver to reverse while maneuvering around and, after shifting to reverse, I'll start to ease into the accelerator and the truck will actually lunge forward quickly and I have to slam on my brakes.
Short of the software fix for the E-torques, has anyone had success seeing these issues resolved? The lunging forward can be a major liability and will eventually cause some property damage or significant bodily injury, if it hasn't already.
**I'm also on my third radio because we cant seem to get one that wants to maintain the bluetooth connectivity consistently, and will just randomly disconnect in various places on highways and interstates, then re-connect itself. Sometimes it does it once a trip, sometimes it will do it two to three times right in a row out on an open interstate.
